Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-02-18

1 at Omaha was passed. ne senate tnen
resumed the consideration of the Eads'
| Tehuantep epec bill and Sen. Hoar con-
| cIuded his argument in support of it.
| The bill was then laid aside temporarily.
| The senate then proceeded to the con-
| sideratiOn of the post office appropria-
tion bill. The senate bill for the relic
| of Thomas A. Osborn, formerly United
States marshall of Kansas, sS,701 of pub
lie money lest by him in 1854, through
the failure of private bank, was passed.
Adjourne till tomorrow.
House-At 3:45 the presidents private
secretary was announced. He presented
the message from the president transmit
ting without his approval the dependent
pension bill. The reading of the message
was followed with an attentiaa more strict
than is generally accorded to sach doc
ument. At the conclusion, Matson, of
Indiana, moved that the bill and the ac
companying message be referred to the
committee on invalid pensions promising
that they would be reported back within
the coming week. The motion was agreed
TO 1877 to 81. The house at its evening
session passed thirty pension bills and
adjourned.
SATURDAY, Feb. y.
Sendte-On motion of Cullom, the house
bill relating to the division of the state
of Illinois into judicial districts, and for
holding terms of court for the Northern
district at Peoria, was passed with an
amendment. The amendment provides
that all crimes heretofore committed
shall be treated in the same manner as if
the bill had not passed. The senate
then resumed consideration of
the postotfice appropriation bill,
the question being on the amend
ment appropriating 100000 for
carrying mails to South America.
Morgan moved to amend by adding to
the senate amendment the words zone of
the lines Of steamships to carry the mails
provided for in this act shall be required
to sail to and from seaport of the gulf
of Mexico, or the Mississippi river"
Agreed to without division. Frye
moved to amend the committees
amendment by making it apply to all
South American and Central American re-
publics. Agreed to without division.
The subsidy amendment, as amended,
was then adopted-yeas Sc, nays a.
One of the lines of steamships
to carry the mails provided for in
this act shall be required to sail to
and from seaports of the gulf of Mexico
or Mississippi river. After the execu-
tive session the senate adjourned.
HOuSe-The house went into a COM
mittee OF the whole on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill. Mr..
Burns, (MissourD made a point of
order against the provisions increasing
the salary of the minister TO China from
$4,000 to SIT 900. The point of order
was sustained as was also point of or
der against the provisions fixing the sal
aries of the ministers to the Argentine
Republic and Turkey at $4,000 each.
The house decided, yeas 142, nays 1O1,
to consider the trade dollar bill.
The house agreed to the amendment to
the senate trade dollar bill providing that
the recoinage of trade dollars recoined
under this act shall not be considered as
a part of the silver bullion required to be
purchased and coined under the provisions
of the Bland law. AS so amend
ed the bill passed. Pending
further action the COMMITTEES
rose and Messrs. Breckenridge of Ark,
Mayburn and Reed were appointed con-
ferees on the bill making closed season
for macksrel fishing. The house then
adjourned.
MONDAY, Feb. Il.
Senate.-Cullom presented a memorial
from the Illinois house of representatives
in favor of pensioning soldiers over sixty
years old. Sen. Dolph. from the conference
committee on the senate bill restoring to
the United States certain lands granted to
the Northern Pacific railroad company,
reported that the committee had been
unable to agree. The report was
adopted and a new conference ordered.
1,Nl
were reappointed on the part of the SEN
ate. The senate then resumed considera-
tion of the Eads Tehuantepec bill, and Nor
gan replied to some of the arguments
made by Hoar on the subject last week.
The senate went into secret session
and soon adjourned.
House-The following bills, ETC., were
introduced and referred: Mr.. Law
Ter: Resolved, that the secretary
of state be requested to inform the
house whether the treaty of Ghent by
which there was concluded between the
United States and Great Britain, in De-
cember, 1914, and ratified by the senate
in February, 1915, are construed to inhibit
the United States from maintaining an
effective navy on the northern lakes bor-
dering the dominion of Canada, and also
whether the construction by Great Britain
of the Welland canal is not in effect a
violation of the treaty of Ghent, and in
case of war with that country a menace
to the safety of our lake board cities.
Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, for a full
reciprocity between the United States and
the Dominion of Canada. Mr.. Lit
tie, of Ohio, proposing a cOnsti
tutional amendment for the election of
senators by the people of the several
states. Adjourned.